Warden at jail where David Blaine performed magic act is fired
By Jamie Schram for the New York Post..
The warden wasn’t laughing at David Letterman’s “Top Ten List.”
The boss in charge of The Tombs was fired over the David Blaine magic show for inmates — because the city Department of Correction commissioner was furious it became the butt of jokes by the late-night funnyman, sources told The Post.
Commissioner Joseph Ponte gave the ax to Warden Antonio Cuin on Tuesday forallowing Blaine to give a free Houdini-like performance to some of the city’s most dangerous inmates. Tickets for Blaine’s shows usually go for $100 a pop.
“Ponte was pissed about the magic show publicity and that it was on David Letterman,” a correction source said of the performance, which was exclusively reported by The Post.